India’s Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek crashed out of the Wimbledon doubles event after losing in straight sets to Venus and Serena Williams in the quarterfinals Wednesday. Sania and Mattek, seeded 13th, lost 4-6 3-6 to the 11th seed American sisters in almost an hour and a half to bow out of the championships at the All England Club. The match was twice interrupted by rain.

Sania Mirza successively entered third round of year’s first grand slam- Australian Open after beating a Swiss player Timea Bacsinszky. To beat her, Sania had to struggle for three sets. The match lasted for hour and 44 minutes.

New Delhi, Jan 19 : Eighth seed Venus Williams survived her toughest test at the Australian Open to beat Sania Mirza 7-6 6-4 and reach the fourth round today.

Sania put up a brave fight in the first set, making Williams sweat for every point.